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Thanks for the comments, but I am still having problems. Certainly I did consult the man pages, but they didn't seem to help. So here is the scenario:

Two computers are running Linux on a network, each assigned IP addresses & subnet masks from DHCP (NT Server).

Both computers have a terminal window open.

One the one I type talk tim or write tim, and I get the message "user not logged on."

Someone mentioned using the format talk host@hostname. How do I find out what to put in host and hostname?

Any further help would be great.

Thanks,

SAB

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Type in the who command - check to see if 'Tim' is logged in.

If tim is logged in on the other server (let's say it's name is server2 ) then you would do this:

$ talk tim@server2

If Tim has messages turned off (mesg -n) then you will still not be able to talk.
If the two servers don't trust each other, then you may not be able to talk (but you would get a different error message)

Even though you had new questions - try to post your new questions to the same thread when it is still related to the same subject (use the Post reply instead of New Thread). Easier to see the history then.

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Doesn't network messenging have to also have a listening port on both sides as well?
Otherwise, how could they communicate?

It may be that the remote (or even the local) server doesn't have the talkd running on it.

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Ok, so there is obviously something that I am not understanding. I have tried everything I could think of, but I still can't talk or write. Let me explain what I have done, then maybe someone out there can tell me how they would set it all up.

  1. Red Hat 7.3 installed as a server on one computer.
  2. Red Hat 7.3 installed as a workstation on another computer.
  3. Both running xinetd, ssh, and talkd.
  4. IP addresses assigned via DHCP from an NT Server.
  5. Also running SMB, NFS, and Apache.

Do I have to do something special on the server computer to accept logins from the workstation?

If someone could describe a theoretical setup I would be extremely grateful.

SAB